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Commodus, March or April 177 - 31 December 192 A.D.
TR P abbreviates Tribunicia Potestate, the tribunician power, the power to veto legislation. In Roman coin legends the abbreviation TR P is often followed by a Roman numeral indicating the number of times the tribunitian power has been held. Every emperor claimed the tribunician power from the moment of accession. Up to Nerva the tribunician power was renewed on the anniversary of its original conferment. From Antoninus Pius on it seems to have been renewed on 10 December, the day on which elected tribunes entered office. It is still unclear (a) what system of renewal was in force from Trajan to Antoninus Pius and (b) whether at some point in the third century the tribunician day was moved from 10 December to 1 January.RS85042. Silver denarius, RSC II 780a, BMCRE IV M809, SRCV II 5704, RIC III 1 var. (laur. head r.), Hunter II -, F, centered on tight flan, toned, scratches, tiny edge cracks, Rome mint, weight 2.972g, maximum diameter 19.1mm, die axis 0o, 180 A.D.; obverse L AVREL COMMODVS AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right from behind; reverse TR P V IMP IIII COS II P P (Tribunitia Potestate Quinta, Imperator Quartum, Consul Secundum, Pater Patriae), Roma seated right on low seat without back, helmeted and draped, inverted spear vertical behind in right, parazonium in left; SOLD
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